David Stearns would ‘love to have’ Pete Alonso back with Mets
For the second consecutive year, Pete Alonso is ready for the free agency.
And for the second consecutive year, the future of the first favorite basic player for fans with the dishes was a subject of discussion at the end of the end of season press conference of David Stearns.
Stearns, the president of baseball operations of the Mets, addressed the media of Citi Field on Monday, one day after Alonon said that he had planned to withdraw from his contract this winter.
“Pete is a big met,” said Stearns. “He spent a fantastic year. I said that last year and it worked: I would like Pete to come back, and we will see how the off -season takes place.”
Alonso signed with the dishes in February on a contract of $ 54 million over two years, the second season being a player option for 24 million dollars.
The 30 -year -old slugger then delivered one of the best seasons in his career, reaching. 272 with 38 circuits, a team record of 126 products produced and a .871 OPS in 162 games.
In August, Alonso became the chief of Home Run des Mets.
“Each day, it was a pleasure to come and work and put orange and blue,” said Alonso on Sunday after the dishes finished a season of 83-79 and missed the playoffs. “I really enjoyed [the Mets] And has only been full of gratitude every day. So I mean, yes, nothing is guaranteed, but we will see what’s going on.
Complying the situation of Alonso is that the MLB teams have become more and more reluctant to sign the first basic players in power in the thirties to long -term contracts.
Stearns said on Monday that the defense of the food team was not good enough this year and that the team should “be open in mind during the grouping of position players so that we can improve our prevention of the race”.
When asked if he considered Alonso as a first goal player or as a designated striker, Stearns said: “I think that the exact construction of the training is hypothetically fills up, we will take care of this while we enter the offseason.”
The last off -season, the owner of the dishes, Steve Cohen, said that the Alonso contract negotiations were more difficult than those of Juan Soto, which he had signed for a $ 765 million contract over 15 years. Alonso and Soto are both represented by Agent Scott Boras.
Stearns was invited to have suffered if last year’s negotiations with Alonso could have been invited to help this year on Monday.
“I don’t think I can sit here and speculate on what will happen with [the] Pete Alonso is negotiating this time, “said Stearns.
